Ivana Šimočková

• PhD
• Matej Bel University

Purpose This study aims to investigate whether and how dietary restrictions or special dietary needs, arising not only from health concerns but also from lifestyle or religious considerations, impact the experiences of visitors at various organized events. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a qualitative research design, interpreting re...

This manual was created as part of the Erasmus+ project Service-Learning as a pedagogy to promote inclusion, diversity and digital empowerment, or SLIDE. It is the guide for the organizing the hybrid social hackathon with university students in international settings.

První část publikace, se zaměřuje na přístupný cestovní ruch v rámci inkluzivního cestovního ruchu, analyzuje současný stav a nabídku cestovního ruchu v Libereckém kraji pro osoby se specifickými potřebami. Autoři hodnotí infrastrukturu a služby regionu, identifikují výzvy a příležitosti při poskytování služeb turistům s postižením. Zdůrazňují úspě...

Experience tourism is a form of tourism in which participants are motivated to seek experiences that are different from everyday life. It has two extreme approaches. The first is seeking and experiencing social contacts and contact with nature and cultural environments, which supports sustainable development of the destination, and the second is se...

Electronic word of mouth has received intensive attention in the literature for several years. As interpersonal interaction is more pronounced in tourism than in other sectors, the impact of eWOM is intensified. The purpose of the paper therefore is to examine the extent to which the inhabitants of Slovakia as potential tourism visitors read online...

Managing cultural sites bring several issues and challenges, some are generally valid for most of the sites, some are given by a specific situation or location. UNESCO sites are the most important and significant cultural sites the world heritage embraces. The sites have unreplaceable value and the protection and sustainability are vital. Their pre...

The case studies come from V4 countries and bring the real problems waiting for solutions or even having no solutions in the short term. The case studies cover several areas of sustainable development and focus on smaller UNESCO sites. The smaller UNESCO sites suffer often from overtourism, low capacities in the high season, and seasonality. Managi...

Ekonomika spoločného využívania - príležitosť pre udržateľný a konkurencieschopný rozvoj cestovného ruchu v cieľových miestach na Slovensku. Zborník vedeckých prác 2022

The paper deals with hospitality services provided on the principles of sharing economy. One of the advantages of food sharing via online platforms is the authenticity and face-to-face contact with domestic providers and thus a real and deep gastronomic experience of visitors. Following, the visitors as consumers of these services, are more likely...

The two decades of the 21st century relate to the appeals, such as globalization and internationalization, the development of information and communication technologies as well as financial crisis, and connected with it the decrease of economic growth, growing migration of population and unemployment. Not only the managers of small and medium-sized...

The article focuses on the platform of sharing economy Airbnb and its impact on the destination. It examines the benefits and consequences of the Airbnb platform for the destination. The subject of the article is the platform of sharing economy - Airbnb. The object is a destination. The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of the largest platf...

In this paper, we examine HRM processes and procedures in Slovak companies and their impact on the development and retention of talented individuals. The paper presents expert opinions on talented employees and talent management with the emphasis on talent pools. These are compared from several points of views and critical evaluating judgements are...

This paper examines the increasing turnover in the hotel industry, which has a negative influence on the quality of services provided, as well as customer satisfaction. Hotel managers are forced to hire new employees in order to secure smooth hotel operations as well as replace those employees who have left for their competitors. Newly hired employ...

The article examines health tourism in the context of active ageing of population. The proportion of senior age in the total European population is constantly increasing. The ageing of population becomes a global phenomenon. Currently, active ageing as a process of optimising opportunities for maintaining health, participation in public life and se...

Understanding of consumer behaviour is crucial for gaining a competitive advantage, keeping consumer's attention and achieving bigger market share. The authors examine consumer behaviour when buying a package tour on the example of Slovakia's population. Its objective is to identify observable processes that take place prior, during and after the p...

The destination attractiveness is an expression of territory attractiveness in relation to the decisionmaking process of its visitors. It plays a key role in determination of destination’s competitive advantage; subsequently it influences the economic effects resulting from goods and services consumption in its territory. In scientific literature a...